What Do We Know About Non-Native, Invasive, and Transplanted Aquatic Mollusks in South America? DOI Creative Commons
Gustavo Darrigran, Carlos Eduardo Belz, Alvar Carranza

et al.

Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 151 - 151

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Global awareness of introduced species as one the primary drivers biodiversity change—causing environmental impacts, and economic social effects—emphasizes need to enhance our understanding these species. Developing a comprehensive database will enable policymakers identify global bioinvasion patterns strengthen their capacity manage them effectively. Aquatic mollusks play crucial role in ecosystems they inhabit, influencing food webs nutrient cycling, habitat formation modification. They are also dominant group aquaculture, contributing significantly economy while causing losses through macrofouling posing health risks. Despite importance, information on introduction, establishment, dispersal mollusk South America remains scarce is often confined grey literature. With aim organizing, increasing, strengthening knowledge non-native transplanted general aquatic particular, 29 specialists America, from seven countries, have been working collaboratively since 2016. Each member contributes expertise, data, bibliographic resources build status provide critical prevent future introductions transplants. In environments, 41 18 identified. Among them, bivalve Limnoperna fortunei stands out with greatest effect, gastropods Lymnaeidae Thiaridae represent significant concerns. Although this research represents major step forward, it highlights challenges such scarcity taxonomic studies limited investigation vast areas America. The compiled review serves resource for researchers, policymakers, public when addressing bioinvasions

Language: Английский

What Do We Know About Non-Native, Invasive, and Transplanted Aquatic Mollusks in South America? DOI Creative Commons
Gustavo Darrigran, Carlos Eduardo Belz, Alvar Carranza

et al.

Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 151 - 151

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Global awareness of introduced species as one the primary drivers biodiversity change—causing environmental impacts, and economic social effects—emphasizes need to enhance our understanding these species. Developing a comprehensive database will enable policymakers identify global bioinvasion patterns strengthen their capacity manage them effectively. Aquatic mollusks play crucial role in ecosystems they inhabit, influencing food webs nutrient cycling, habitat formation modification. They are also dominant group aquaculture, contributing significantly economy while causing losses through macrofouling posing health risks. Despite importance, information on introduction, establishment, dispersal mollusk South America remains scarce is often confined grey literature. With aim organizing, increasing, strengthening knowledge non-native transplanted general aquatic particular, 29 specialists America, from seven countries, have been working collaboratively since 2016. Each member contributes expertise, data, bibliographic resources build status provide critical prevent future introductions transplants. In environments, 41 18 identified. Among them, bivalve Limnoperna fortunei stands out with greatest effect, gastropods Lymnaeidae Thiaridae represent significant concerns. Although this research represents major step forward, it highlights challenges such scarcity taxonomic studies limited investigation vast areas America. The compiled review serves resource for researchers, policymakers, public when addressing bioinvasions

Language: Английский

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